Steven Spielberg Quotes

I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don't censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room... I shoot needless footage and then don't use later on in the process.

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• Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.

  

  Harry Browne
  • Children
  • Family
  • Free

• You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Day
  • Singing
  • Cold

• The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • World
  • Good
  • Live

• You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Why
  • Bad
  • Know

• I've been a fan of Burberry for a very long time and they've been so supportive of me for many years.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Time
  • Fan
  • Supportive

• I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Song
  • Man
  • Dance

• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Think
  • Yourself
  • Confident

• Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

  

  Kate Bosworth
  • Life
  • Job
  • Experience

• If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Energy
  • Myself
  • Limit

• I understand Tea Partyers' anger with the system, but they are in way over their heads and often racially motivated, and I can't be part of that.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Understand
  • Tea
  • Anger

• Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Man
  • Political
  • Speech

• The P2P marketplace extends into other markets where individuals are monetizing underutilized assets. Lodging is one example. Instead of finding a hotel room, in the sharing economy you can rent a spare room from a local resident.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Economy
  • Finding
  • Sharing

• I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don't progress. People interact but don't make contact.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• 'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Different
  • Reason
  • Almost

• I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.

  

  Valerie Plame
  • Better
  • Ground
  • Holding

• Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Community

• The big challenge is looking ripped and lean without being too big because on camera, it's easy to appear thick.

  

  Parker Young
  • Challenge
  • Easy
  • Looking

• There's so many great designers. I'm a little bit of a vintage junkie when it comes to going out. I like to get unique pieces that you won't see everyone wearing, but at the same time I don't like to break the bank. I like to find great vintage pieces that you can hold on to for a long time.

  

  Candice Accola
  • Time
  • Great
  • Long

• I wasn't the prettiest girl in class. No breasts, short legs, gangly teeth. I didn't think I was model material, that's for sure.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Think
  • Girl
  • Model

• When I started out, it was rare to see elected representatives with foreign roots. Often, I was relegated to my origins, put in the diversity box: 'You're the new face of diversity.' That annoyed me because I always felt French, and suddenly I was being made to feel I wan't as French as others.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Feel
  • Diversity
  • Annoyed

• Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs, Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.

  

  Edmund Blunden
  • Think
  • Creed
  • Devise

• We have maintained that the operation of the plant is not consistent with the surrounding residential area due to emissions and serious violations of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

  

  John Britton
  • Air
  • Consistent
  • Area

• The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas which it connects.

  

  G. H. Hardy
  • Ideas
  • Lies
  • Lying

• I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don't censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room... I shoot needless footage and then don't use later on in the process.

  

  Steven Spielberg
  • Ideas
  • Censor